Originally Posted by
stargold
BA definitely won't. They tried to even avoid checking through baggage on a BA-BA connection if it had a separate PNR, so a different airline is out of the question.
AA's policy remains the same as before the change, so AA will check through to BA.
I called BA after I posted my last message to see if there was anything I could do as my 2 hr connection would have made it very difficult to make if I had to get my bags. The agent I spoke with kindly "merged" my 2 separate tickets and said bags would be checked through. Whew!!
Today when I checked in, I told the desk agent about the tickets and that the bag should be checked all the way through to JFK. She found the note the other agent left and all was well. She even printed out my LHR/JFK boarding pass. She did say that the system hadn't merged the ticket but the note on it was fine. So the process is totally possible even on separate tickets still - they just don't want to anymore.
I am very disappointed in this new policy and while it won't make much of a difference, I'll be writing to One World and BA to express my disappointment. But thank goodness for understanding agents!!